Willamette Law and Portland State University partner on direct-admission program
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — Portland State University and Willamette University announced a new direct-admission program that provides streamlined access to law school. The partnership guarantees undergraduate students admission to Willamette University College of Law, in addition to an annual $10,000 scholarship, renewable for three years.
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Around 20 new attorneys formed the Racial Justice Task Force last summer to study the peremptory challenge, a tool used by attorneys during jury selection to remove jurors without having to state a reason. They conclude that the challenge needs work, or it needs to go.
Read More about Willamette Law students create Racial Justice Task ForceNew report highlights gender pay disparity among highest research university salaries
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Women are 60 percent of all professionals in higher education and have been earning the majority of master’s and doctoral degrees for decades. Yet women represent just 24 percent of the highest-paid faculty members and administrators at 130 leading research universities, according to a new study.
Read More about New report highlights gender pay disparity among highest research university salariesPandemic drives transition to digital college course materials over textbooks
INSIDE HIGHER ED — For the first year on record, more faculty members used learning management systems than print course materials when teaching classes, according a new report released Tuesday from the National Association of College Stores. The 2020 Faculty Watch report is based on a survey of 968 faculty members.
Read More about Pandemic drives transition to digital college course materials over textbooksColleges see decline in student use of counseling centers amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — “Dramatically” fewer students on average sought treatment from their college counseling centers during the coronavirus pandemic compared to before the pandemic, according to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, which published a new blog post about students’ help-seeking behavior at 63 different colleges.
Read More about Colleges see decline in student use of counseling centers amid pandemicABA group publishes report on lawyer well-being during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — The challenges confronting the legal profession as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a prime focus of the ABA Midyear Meeting. The ABA Coordinating Group on Practice Forward provided a peek at results of a new ABA survey seeking to better understand issues that have impacted lawyers at work and at home.
Read More about ABA group publishes report on lawyer well-being during the pandemicABA President Patricia Lee Refo says association on ‘promising path forward’ at mid-year meeting
ABA JOURNAL — Refo said the ABA is already on a “promising path forward,” and she provided the House with an overview of its work. The Task Force on Legal Needs Arising out of the 2020 Pandemic has drawn attention to the eviction crisis and lobbied Congress for the need for rent relief for tenants and landlords.
Read More about ABA President Patricia Lee Refo says association on ‘promising path forward’ at mid-year meetingCalifornia opens applications for retroactive bar admission under new lower bar exam pass score
ABA JOURNAL — Provisional licensure applications, for people who recently did not pass the California bar exam but would have with the new cut score, are now open. People who took the California bar exam between July 2015 and February 2020 and scored no lower than 1390 on the exam are eligible, according to a news release.
Read More about California opens applications for retroactive bar admission under new lower bar exam pass scoreTexas Board of Law Examiners offers make-up bar exam in March for those affected by storm
ABA JOURNAL — Following Texas’ freezing February weather, which led to power outages, disrupted water service and more than 20 deaths, according to CNN, the Texas Board of Law Examiners announced Friday that it would offer a makeup bar exam in March in addition to the test that starts Tuesday. The makeup exam is remote.
Read More about Texas Board of Law Examiners offers make-up bar exam in March for those affected by stormUniversity of Alabama professor Joyce Vance and University of Michigan professor Barbara McQuade co-host #SistersInLaw podcast
FOX 5 VEGAS — Politicon formally announced their latest podcast #SistersInLaw, a roundtable-style podcast featuring a conversation between four legal heavyweights. Every Friday they have a weekly discussion. Over the past four years, the public has gotten to know Barb, Jill, Joyce and Kim from their frequent appearances on MSNBC and their writing.
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